Good, if not great performance. United are so fucking boring and negative. Even playing with 4 "attackers" they were barely a threat. Their only tactic is to just hoof the ball forward and chase after it, there's no plan B. I wasn't counting but I don't think they had more than 4 or 5 touches in our box today. That's a disgrace, especially at home. Thought that we were really lacking a killer edge today and that's what kept it a 3 or 4-1 game.
Shout out to Mangala who saved us more than once today and played well. He gets a lot of grief but as a 4th choice CB I think he's fine in more physical games, or against teams that play this Mourinho/Pulis brand of football. It pains me to say it but the biggest problem is Vinny, who just can't stay fit, so Mangala is effectively our primary backup CB. Delph looked better going forward but 1 or 2 crucial mistakes defensively.
Thought the ref had an awful first 10 minutes (Yellow for Walker 3 mins in and then nothing for Matic for a worse challenge 5 mins after?), but credit where credits due, didn't get anything wrong the rest of the game. Let the game flow as much as possible and didn't miss any calls.
The dive by Herrera was laughable. Tried to initiate contact and I'm still not sure Otamendi ever touched him. Only a few years ago that would've been given no doubt, the times they are a changin'
